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we can do about protecting the environment. adam: and the people who would beat down river from this mine in virginia beach, 500,000 people are worried about their water supply, and there have been accidents, 1979, in new mexico one of the dams to keep back the collection from mina al west ruptured and we had contamination, but then an unpopulated area of the country. isn't that the danger here? >> we are part of a coalition of groups. business groups. the local chamber of commerce the robbers as the county where this would be -- the industrial and. folks that often cannot agree on what date is, but we see this issue clearly. this is really the wrong place for this type of activity. the look at where cole's hill is, not too far from danville, talking about a site that is in the roanoke river watershed. the river flows to north carolina's outer banks, and it closed the leg gadsden, which is a reservoir democratic goal for the hamptons wrote region. adam: can't that mining take place in a safe manner? >> the question is not about
we can do about protecting the environment. adam: and the people who would beat down river from this mine in virginia beach, 500,000 people are worried about their water supply, and there have been accidents, 1979, in new mexico one of the dams to keep back the collection from mina al west ruptured and we had contamination, but then an unpopulated area of the country. isn't that the danger here? >> we are part of a coalition of groups. business groups. the local chamber of commerce the...
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you have increasing interaction with the natural environment. greater doge of complexity, we start to introduce concepts like climate change and conditions of uncertainty, the level of the types of events that can occur there in terms of the order of magnitude and the consequences grows. we know the frequency is increasing. and today we're going talk a little bit about the unique area of the world from a couple of different perspectives. i would like do you think about a couple of things as we do that. the first is overriding concept of resiliency. several months ago they produced a national report on resiliency. national imperative action in moving forward and how to think differently and the interaction of the human built and the natural environment. having done many months in the gulf on several different disasters and crisis that were down there, i come to think of resiliency as similar to the human immune system. the preexisting conditions are not created by the event but to the extend they are present. they are exacerbated and magnify the
you have increasing interaction with the natural environment. greater doge of complexity, we start to introduce concepts like climate change and conditions of uncertainty, the level of the types of events that can occur there in terms of the order of magnitude and the consequences grows. we know the frequency is increasing. and today we're going talk a little bit about the unique area of the world from a couple of different perspectives. i would like do you think about a couple of things as we...
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potential for political instability perhaps has increased, amplified by the deteriorating economic environment that chavez will also bequeath to his successor. so what happens next? are there some scenarios that are more likely than others? what are the implications for vens venezuela and also the international community, and what is the chavez legacy for the region? we've assembled a top flight panel, each of the panelists having deep experience in and knowledge of venezuela. our first panel cyst is russell dallen -- panelist is russell dallen. was is a journalist through and through having worked for a firm of leading publications around the world, a keen observer of the issues. he's also an effective commentator, and his views are widely sought by the press and the markets. any of you of who have followed venezuela recently have probably seen his name pop up in some of the press articles. russ is a harry suspect truman scholar which is something i like to point out whenever i can. second is charles shapiro, formerly the u.s. ambassador to venezuela. charles recently which canned a very succ
potential for political instability perhaps has increased, amplified by the deteriorating economic environment that chavez will also bequeath to his successor. so what happens next? are there some scenarios that are more likely than others? what are the implications for vens venezuela and also the international community, and what is the chavez legacy for the region? we've assembled a top flight panel, each of the panelists having deep experience in and knowledge of venezuela. our first panel...
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the individual if you would have taught that in a classroom environment adjust a discussion on -- [inaudible] that's very important dynamic there. >> game changer, shell gas, more regulation, barrier, culture. i want to talk about the here mowns. [laughter] mcken city is about the cutting age looking at not only global manufacturing trends but trends you're describing advanced industry. and innovation. how do you see it? >> i think very much is said at the beginning of the context claus. there's a shift doing on. i think we should start by saying too many of us lump manufacturing in to one big category. i think there are at least five categories. i won't bore with them. i think the tip is the advanced manufacturing which is more using big data. it's advanced material. it's nano technology. it's the combination of many of the things the innovation capabilities that this country is good at the cross functional capability. as you said, it's -- it's roughly around 11 to 12% of gdp. it's extremely important fly wheel. it accounts, football we think, a third of the u.s. productivity growth. that 1
the individual if you would have taught that in a classroom environment adjust a discussion on -- [inaudible] that's very important dynamic there. >> game changer, shell gas, more regulation, barrier, culture. i want to talk about the here mowns. [laughter] mcken city is about the cutting age looking at not only global manufacturing trends but trends you're describing advanced industry. and innovation. how do you see it? >> i think very much is said at the beginning of the context...
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a look at the environment, disasters and the gulf coast. then a summit on gun violence from john hopkins university. later, a debate on the hurricane sandy relief bill. after the sandy hook elementary school shootings president obama created a task force headed by vice president biden to make new recommendations to curve gun violence. the president will unveil the proposals wednesday, live coverage starts at 11:45 eastern. next, a discussion on issues impacting the gulf coast including natural disasters and a look back at hurricane sandy. we'll hear from the director of the geeological survey. this is an hour. >> our next guest brings home many issues of cascading disasters and municipal events impacting -- multiple events impacting the gulf coast. we are aware of wide range of issues, ranging from hurricanes and the impacts they have on -- the storm impacts, the deepwater horizons bill. today's speakers on this panel are marcia who is the director of the gioological survey. jerome zeringue who is the executive director of the coast of prot
a look at the environment, disasters and the gulf coast. then a summit on gun violence from john hopkins university. later, a debate on the hurricane sandy relief bill. after the sandy hook elementary school shootings president obama created a task force headed by vice president biden to make new recommendations to curve gun violence. the president will unveil the proposals wednesday, live coverage starts at 11:45 eastern. next, a discussion on issues impacting the gulf coast including natural...
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unsafe environment, those kind of things, but is that really getting at the particular issue? i don't think it does. and sometimes they have to be able to be creative to do that. in a regard to domestic violence. absolutely. here's what we could do with that. first of all, and forgive me for saying the obvious, but nix is a wonderful thing. i'm sorry, ncic. they're both wonderful things. but ncic is a wonderful thing but anything with a serial number goes in there, too like a toaster, if you have one. it's not necessarily a go-to database. i think you're right on and i think that those people should go into the nix system right away and i think that what we need is then funding for crisis teams. because a lot of times, and even when guns and often is the case are not involved but someone needs some help and an officer rolls up at 3:00 in the morning and they are very limited in the resources that are available to them. if there is funding for properly trained crisis intervention people, there we go. now we got something. now it is the mental health e.r., if you will, and the o
unsafe environment, those kind of things, but is that really getting at the particular issue? i don't think it does. and sometimes they have to be able to be creative to do that. in a regard to domestic violence. absolutely. here's what we could do with that. first of all, and forgive me for saying the obvious, but nix is a wonderful thing. i'm sorry, ncic. they're both wonderful things. but ncic is a wonderful thing but anything with a serial number goes in there, too like a toaster, if you...
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and then i started to go to a local gym to walk on a treadmill and it just -- being in the environment, it made me, you know, want to be more involved in the other aspects of my physical health. >> that's when you started getting into working out. is this book for mere mortals? we joke about it. we see you at "in the club." our results may very. you're pretty in shape. >> when they call me machine they're making fun of me. >> oh, they are? >> yes. the book is for the average person to -- person that's a little more advanced. there's two different programs in there. it's a six-week program. it has diet involved in it. a lot of times people get the training right and not implement the right diet and so they don't see the results they're actually looking for. >> a lot of people have notions about the rap lifestyle. not everyone immediately thinks this is the healthiest lifestyle. something you take on right away in the book. you write you might legitimately ask, who are you to preach fitness? aren't you the guy who dropped joints like high all the time? >> comfortable with that fitness an
and then i started to go to a local gym to walk on a treadmill and it just -- being in the environment, it made me, you know, want to be more involved in the other aspects of my physical health. >> that's when you started getting into working out. is this book for mere mortals? we joke about it. we see you at "in the club." our results may very. you're pretty in shape. >> when they call me machine they're making fun of me. >> oh, they are? >> yes. the book is...